Vehicle-brake.



No. 647,650. Patented Apr. l7, won.

0; DANIELS: VEHICLE BRAKE.

(Ap alication filed Nov. 18, 1899.) (No Modai.)

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Urvrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES DANIELS, OF CATSKILL, NE\V YORK.

VEHICLE-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 647,650, dated April17, 1900.

Application filed November 18, 1899. Serial No. 73 7,479. (No model.)

To all whom if; may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES DANIELS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oatskill, in the county of Greene and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Brake, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in vehicle-brakes.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofbrake mechanism and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficientbrake which, while being applicable to all kinds of vehicles, will beespecially adapted for light wagons, carriages, and the like, and whichwill be capable of being compactly arranged on and readily applied to anordinary running-gear.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a portion of a running-gearprovided with brake mechanism constructed in accordance with thisinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of one sideof the brake mechanism. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig.2.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a pair of transverse brakelevers located adjacent to andpreferably in advance of the rear axle 2 of a running-gear andfulcrunled near their outer ends on an extension 4: of a bottomclip-plate 5 of a pair of clips, which may be of any desiredconstruction. The clips may consist of an ordinary axle-clip or they maybe composed of upper and lower clip-plates and a pair of bolts locatedat opposite sides of the axle and passing through the perforations ofsuch plates. The lower plates 5 extend in advance of the rear axle andare located at the outer side of reaches 6, and the transversebrake-levers, which are provided with series of perforations 7, are adjustably fulcrumed on the clip-plates 5 by means of bolts 8 or othersuitable fasvices.

tening devices, whereby the leverage may be varied to provide a brake ofthe desired power.

The brake-levers are provided at their outer ends with lugs or cars 9,arranged in pairs and extending outward from the levers and formingrecesses for the reception of brake-shoes 10, which are secured betweenthe lugs or ears by bolts 11 or other suitable fastening de The bolts11, which are provided at their outer ends with heads, have nuts 12 attheir inner ends; but the nuts can be omitted, if desired, as the headsof the bolts are arranged within collars 13, mounted on the inner end ofthe hubs 14. The fastening devices 11 extend longitudinally of thelevers, and the collar 13, which is arranged on the innor end band ofthe hub, is secured to the same by clamping-screws 15, arranged inthreaded perforations of the collar and engaging the hub, asclearlyillustrated in Fig. 2 of the acoom panyin g drawings. Thecollaris provided with an annular flange or band 16, extending inwardtoward the adjacent lever and receiving the same and the brake-shoe 10carried thereby. The brake-shoe is adapted to engage the inner face ofthe annular flange, and the arrangement of the brake-lever is such thatthe necessary power for an efficient brake is afforded.

The inner ends of the brake-levers are arranged at an angle and convergeforwardly and are pivoted by a fastening device 17 to the rear end of acentral longitudinal connecting-rod 18, which is designed to extendforward to the front portion of the Vehicle, and any suitable operatingmechanism may be provided to actuate the lovers and apply the brake. Theconverging portions 18 of the transverse brake-levers are slotted toreceive the pivot 17 but any other suitable connection may be provided.when the conmeeting-rod is thrown rearward, the outer ends of thetransverse brake-levers are carried forward and the brake-shoes, whichare segmental to conform to the configuration of the flange of thecollars, frictionally engage the same and form an efficient lock forchecking a vehicle and for holding it stationary. When it is desired tochange the leverage, the clips, which support the lovers, may be readilymoved longitudinally of the axle 2 to arrange the extensions of thebottom clipplates at the desired perforations.

It will be seen that the brake mechanism is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength anddurability, and that it is compactly arranged on the running-gear andmay be readily applied to the same. It will also be clear that it doesnot necessitate any alteration in the construction of therunning-gear,as the brake gitudinal adjustment to vary the leverage,

the outer ends of the levers being arranged within the said flanges,brake-shoes secured to the outer ends of the levers and engaging thesaid flanges, and a rod connected with the inner ends of the levers,substantially as described. I

2. In a vehicle-brake, the combination of a collar provided with anannular flange and designed to be mounted on the inner end of the hub ofa wheel, a brake-lever arranged longitudinally of the axle and extendinginto the collar and provided at its outer end with a pair of ears orlugs, a brake block or shoe mounted between the ears or lugs andengaging the flange, a clip supporting the lever, and means foroperating the latter, substantially as described.

3. In a vehicle-brake, the combination with a pair of hubs carryingannular flanges, of the transverse brake-levers extending longitudinallyof the axle,fulcrumed between theirends and provided at their inner endswith converging portions, a connecting-rod pivotally attached to theadjacent ends of the said converging portions, and brake-shoes mountedon the outer ends of the levers and arranged within the said flanges,substantially as described.

4. In a vehicle-brake, the combination with an axle, and a pair of hubscarrying annular flanges, of clips mounted on the axle and provided withextensions, transverse levers adjustably fulcruined on the extensionsand provided at their inner ends with converging portions, said leversbeing provided at their outer ends with perforated ears arranged inpairs, brake blocks or shoes arranged between theperforated ears, headedfastening devices passing through the ears and having their headsarranged within the said flanges, whereby they are prevented frombecoming displaced, and a connecting-rod extending from the convergingportions of the levers, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES DANIELS.

WVitnesses: J UDSON A. Bnrrs, JOHN H.'LYONS.

